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While reading Chapters 5–6 Chapters 1–2 6 Write the answers. 1 Match A and B. Who says what? a Mrs Micawber: ‘Will you take the books to a A B shop for me?’ ‘He’s not like Mr David: ………………………………………. Copperfield.’ b Miss Trotwood: ‘What do you want?’ David: ………………………………………. ‘This boy is stupid and c Miss Trotwood: ‘Where can David stay David lazy.’ today?’ ‘Please don’t hit me.’ Clara Copperfield Mr Wickfield: ………………………………. ‘You’re going to go to a d David: ‘What are you reading?’ school.’ Mr Murdstone Uriah Heep: ………………………………… ‘You’ve hurt Mr e David: ‘Do you want to be a lawyer?’ Murdstone and you’ve Miss Murdstone Uriah Heep: ………………………………… hurt me.’ 7 You are Uriah Heep. Describe what David Peggotty ‘You have a new father.’ Copperfield looks like and what he is like. ‘Don’t be soft with the Chapters 7–8 child.’ 8 Who says this? ‘I’ll leave the house now.’ a ‘Humble people can’t learn Latin.’ 2 Let’s think that Peggotty can have a longer b ‘We’re waiting for some money that some talk with David before he leaves for school. people owe us.’ In pairs write down the talk between them. c ‘I threw something at her.’ Chapters 3–4 d ‘Ham and Emily are going to get married.’ e ‘Ham’s a good man. He’ll be a good husband 3 Complete the sentences with the words in the to Emily.’ box. f ‘Uriah owns half my father’s business now.’ poor children near school holiday 9 Work with another student. You are David pipe laughing fun board unhappy and your friend is Traddles. In pairs write bites neck down the conversation between you after so many years and then act it out. Mr Mell and his mother lived (a) ………… London Bridge. They were very (b) ………… . Chapters 9–10 After dinner Mr Mell played his (c) ………… . 10 You are Steerforth. Write a letter to David to Then he took David to his new (d) ………… explain to him why and how you have escaped but there were no (e) ………… there. They with Emily. were still on (f ) ………… . Mr Mell told David 11 In Chapters 9–10 a lot of people from other that he had to wear a (g) ………… round his chapters reappear. Find the three who don’t. (h) ………… . On it was written, ‘Stay away. Traddles Rosa Steerforth Emily He (i) ………… .’ When the children returned, Mr Murdstone Mrs Gummidge Dora they started (j) ………… at David. He felt very Miss Murdstone (k) ………… . The only one who didn’t make (l) ………… of him was Steerforth. Chapters 11–12 4 Write Mr Barkis and Miss Peggotty’s wedding 12 Who’s in love with who? Choose the right invitation. name. 5 In pairs, write down David Copperfield’s a David with Agnes/Dora thoughts and feelings a) on the day he b Agnes with Uriah Heep/David returned home after his mother’s death and c Traddles with Agnes/Sophy b) on the day he met Mr Quinion. Then read d Emily with Steerforth/Ham your texts in class. e Uriah Heep with Dora/Agnes

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13 You are Emily. Write down the letter that Mr 17 Mr Micawber has become a successful man in Peggotty has been waiting for since you left Australia. Write down the letter that he sends Yarmouth. to David telling him about how well he is Chapters 13–14 doing. 14 Who? Answer the following questions. 18 Write the card that Emily sends Miss Peggotty a Who isn’t able to manage her home? from Australia. b Who refuses to teach Dora about money? After reading c Who finds Emily in London? 19 Why is David happier in his second marriage d Who earned a lot of money by selling his first than in his first? Choose the right answers. book? a Because Agnes has more common sense than e Who calls Uriah Heep an animal? Dora. f Who wants to hurt Emily? b Because David is more patient with Agnes. g Who wants Mr Peggotty to take her to c Because David can teach Agnes how to Australia with him? manage his house. 15 Although David loves Dora, he knows that d Because Agnes is more intelligent than Dora. she isn’t a good wife. Which of these are right e Because with Dora David felt like a father, (3) and which are wrong (7)? not like a husband. a Dora doesn’t know how to manage the Compare your answers with those of another house. c student. Do you agree? b She’s very untidy. c 20 Some people in the book think that rich c She isn’t interested in the books that people are better people. Who thinks this? David reads to her. c Mr Peggotty Miss Trotwood Uriah Heep d She hates David’s novels. c Dora Steerforth Agnes Traddles Sophy e She goes out with her friends every day. c Mr Micawber Mrs Gummidge f She wakes up at midday and then plays with her dog. c 21 Choose the lesson that you like best from the g She chooses the wrong servants. c story. h She’s so careless that her servants steal a Our friends and our family are more things from her. c important than money. i She likes other men. c b Money doesn’t make you happy. j She can’t save any money. c c It’s important to help others. d Love is very important in a child’s life. Chapters 15–16 e We can all learn how to be better people. 16 Match a–f and 1–6 to make correct sentences. f Adults can also change. a Jip the dog dies … Why do you like this lesson? b Miss Trotwood pays Uriah Heep … 22 Where would you place them? Why? c Ham tries to save Steerforth … d Rosa Dartle tells Mrs Steerforth … Good Very Bad Very e David leaves England … good bad f Mr Micawber goes to Australia … Mr 1 because he’s very sad. Murdstone 2 to save Mr Micawber from prison. Agnes 3 at the same moment as Dora. Rosa Dartle 4 that she made her son selfish. Uriah Heep 5 but dies swimming to the ship. 6 and becomes rich and successful. Mr Micawber Steerforth

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Chapters 1–2 c Why does Miss Trotwood pay Spenlow and Jorkins 1 Ten things are wrong. Find them and make them one thousand pounds? right. d Why does Agnes send David home? David was born on a beautiful day six months after e Why is Miss Murdstone at Dora’s house? his father’s death. Just after he was born his mother Chapters 9–10 received a visitor: Miss Trotwood. She wanted the baby 5 Choose the right name. to be called Mary, like her. When she saw that the a Steerforth/Traddles is studying law. baby was a boy she left the house and never saw David b Rosa/Emily doesn’t want Steerforth to touch her. again. David was happy with his mother and Peggotty c Mrs Steerforth/Mrs Gummidge wants to give but things changed when Miss Murdstone appeared. Mr Peggotty some money for his trouble. He never came to visit David’s mother. When David d Dora is Mr Spenlow’s/Mr Peggotty’s daughter. returned from London Peggotty told David that he e Dora’s friend is Miss Murdstone/Julia Mills. had a new uncle. Miss Murdstone managed Clara’s kitchen and once she kept David locked in his room Chapters 11–12 for ten days. 6 Fill in the sentences with the right places. a Agnes goes to ………… to talk to David. Chapters 3–4 b Mr Spenlow wants to send Dora to ………… for 2 Who says this? David to forget her. a ‘I’m a hard man and I don’t like bad boys.’ c David needs a holiday so he goes to ………… . b ‘I’m sorry that Mr Mell has gone.’ d Mr Peggotty travelled to ………… to look for c ‘If I come to Yarmouth, can I bring Steerforth?’ Emily. d ‘He’s my husband, Peggotty, and you’re making me e As he didn’t find her he returned to ………… . angry.’ f David knew Martha Endells from ………… . e ‘Don’t let that boy hold the baby.’ Chapters 13–14 f ‘You’ll go to London with Mr Quinion tomorrow.’ 7 Who did this? Chapters 5–6 a ………… took David to church. 3 What happened first? Put these in the right order, b All the servants that ………… employed were bad. 1–8. c ………… left Steerforth. c a As the Micawbers left for Plymouth, David d ………… wrote a strange letter to David. decided to look for his aunt. e ………… stole money from Wickfield and Miss c b When the police took the Micawbers to prison, Trotwood. David found a room by the prison. f ………… wanted to hurt Heep. c c In London, David stayed at the Micawbers’ Chapters 15–16 house. 8 Right (3) or wrong (7)? c d She lived in Dover, a long way away from a Dora wanted Miss Trotwood to buy her London. another dog. c c e First she told the Murdstones that David would b Traddles found five thousand pounds of live with her. Mr Wickfield’s money. c c f There he would live with Mr Wickfield and his c Mr Peggotty would keep Mr Micawber’s daughter Agnes. money for him in Australia. c c g Then she looked for a school for David in d Ham knew that one of the men on the ship Canterbury. was Steerforth. c c h When he reached her house she was very nice to e It was David who told Rosa and Mrs Steerforth him. that Steerforth was dead. c Chapters 7–8 f The mountains in Switzerland helped David to 4 Answer why. forget Dora. c a Why does Mr Micawber leave Canterbury? g When David went back to England, Traddles b Why does Emily cry? and Sophie were already married. c

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